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the economy is slowly improving, not fast enough for a lot of people. unemployment too high. some key economic indicators are getting better. what's going right? manufacturing and construction activity picked up. the unemployment rate edged up to 7.9% in january, we learned that more jobs added in 2012 than first reported. fear of a financial crisis is lessening. back in portland, julie's job hunt is now over. >> i got the job! >> reporter: one more piece of economic news. gas prizes moving to the upside and fast. up 13 cents in a week. up 20 cents in a month but, of course, you will pay more if you are in california or the great lakes or the east coast. for "today," tom costello, nbc washington. >>> time to get a check of the day's other top stories. >> with jenna in new orleans, tom is filling in. >>> good morning, everyone. we start with another attempt to rein in iran's nuclear ambitions. vice president joe biden says that the u.s. is ready to hold talks, but only if tehran is serious. biden says there is type for diplomacy to succeed, but it needs to and the iran built a
the economy is slowly improving, not fast enough for a lot of people. unemployment too high. some key economic indicators are getting better. what's going right? manufacturing and construction activity picked up. the unemployment rate edged up to 7.9% in january, we learned that more jobs added in 2012 than first reported. fear of a financial crisis is lessening. back in portland, julie's job hunt is now over. >> i got the job! >> reporter: one more piece of economic news. gas...
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. >>> and five years after the financial crisis sank the economy, the wall street credit agenesis may finally have to face the music. the justice department is suing standard & poor's, saying the agency ignored its own standards and gave its blessings for the toxic securities. s&p says it's being unfairly punished. >>> and a horrifying attack at the circus. american trainer alexander crispin. performing in front of a crowd. one of the tigers attacks him. crispin, just 35 years old, would later die from neck injuries. >>> and a big scare at a construction site in boston. a worker fell, plummeting 30 feet from that building. not, however, seriously hurt. he landed, however miraculously, on a pile of bubble wrap, the material being used to cover the scaffolding. >> what a sound that made. >> it likely saved his life. and please, don't try that at home. >>> finally, you might want to try this at home. a very lucky fishing trip for a couple from arkansas. on the way out of town, stephen weaver and his wife bought a lottery scratch ticket. it was a winner. a big one. $1 million big. so, on
. >>> and five years after the financial crisis sank the economy, the wall street credit agenesis may finally have to face the music. the justice department is suing standard & poor's, saying the agency ignored its own standards and gave its blessings for the toxic securities. s&p says it's being unfairly punished. >>> and a horrifying attack at the circus. american trainer alexander crispin. performing in front of a crowd. one of the tigers attacks him. crispin, just...
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. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >>> today, grand central terminal is celebrating its 100th birthday. doesn't look a day over 99. the icon remains one of the busiest train stations in the world, but nothing turns a century old without its share of secrets. our richard roth has more. >> what time is the next train? >> reporter: in north by northwest, cary grant asked a question millions of passengers have posed since the majestic "grant central terminal" opened 100 years ago. each day, 750,000 people pour through grand central. what do you think, grand central, 100 years old? >> i think it's fantastic. >> we love grand central, never looked better. >> there is poetry in this place. it is a worm, inviting place for something as large and cathedral-like. >> reporter: the construction of grand central paved the way for multilevels of track service. and soon the era of luxury train travel arrived. but as plane travel soared and the railways ran into bankruptcy, grand central was nearly de
. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >>> today, grand central terminal is celebrating its 100th birthday. doesn't look a day over 99. the icon remains one of the busiest train stations in the world, but nothing turns a century old without its share of secrets. our richard roth has more. >> what time is the next train? >> reporter: in north by northwest, cary grant asked a question...
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the economy got us. and i said, well, what about the other car companies? it didn't get. right away i knew today make some changes. >> brian: what's the first thing you did? >> we made some changes. we tried to clear out bureaucracy. we changed the lines of organization. we gave people authority and responsibility and held them accountable. we simplified the place. >> brian: how do you feel about people watching from afar and saying, you know what? why am i bailing out gm? ford was saving for a rainy day. they knew something was coming. what do you tell the taxpayers that i don't feel confidentable about what we did? >> first of all, i think we should pay the taxpayer back. but it was absolutely the right thing to do to bail it out. you think about gm, it's big company and it's a huge manufacturing asset. but you think about the thousands of suppliers and the thousands, tens of thousands of jobs with the suppliers, a bankrupt gm not only would have hurt gm, it would have terribly hurt with probably millions of jobs of the suppliers. so it would have been a huge effect. >>
the economy got us. and i said, well, what about the other car companies? it didn't get. right away i knew today make some changes. >> brian: what's the first thing you did? >> we made some changes. we tried to clear out bureaucracy. we changed the lines of organization. we gave people authority and responsibility and held them accountable. we simplified the place. >> brian: how do you feel about people watching from afar and saying, you know what? why am i bailing out gm?...
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roll over your old 401(k) into a fidelity ira and take control of your personal economy. this is going to be helpful. call or come in today. fidelity investments. turn here. ♪ ♪ "love" a collection by prabal gurung, exclusively at target. >>> still ahead, we're jumping for joy to begin our countdown to the winter olympic games in sochi. >> after your local news. i love cheese. did i say i love chocolate? i'm human! and the new weight watchers 360 program lets me be. the reason i'm still in this body feelin' so good isn't because i never go out and enjoy the extra large, extra cheese world we live in. it's because i do. and you can too. because when a weight loss program is built for human nature you can expect amazing. introducing the new weight watchers 360 program. join for free and expect amazing. because it works. [ all kids ] twooooo! [ moderator ] you sure? i am absolutely positive! [ little boy ] two times is awesome. the thing i can do is wave my head and wave my... that's amazing. i've never seen anything like that. look i can do -- hold on -- i'm watching th
roll over your old 401(k) into a fidelity ira and take control of your personal economy. this is going to be helpful. call or come in today. fidelity investments. turn here. ♪ ♪ "love" a collection by prabal gurung, exclusively at target. >>> still ahead, we're jumping for joy to begin our countdown to the winter olympic games in sochi. >> after your local news. i love cheese. did i say i love chocolate? i'm human! and the new weight watchers 360 program lets me be....
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roll over your old 401(k) into a fidelity ira and take control of your personal economy. this is going to be helpful. call or come in today. fidelity investments. turn here. >> announcer: "today in the bay" weather is sponsored by bank of the west. >> 7:17. a spectacular sunrise. this is san jose. a beautiful start to the day. sun will set tonight around 5:39. highs in the 60s. 60 degrees in livermore. 61 is for gilroy. 60 in san jose. it will be warm, mild compared to where we are headed. enjoy the day while it lasts. we have showers around the corner. starting to oh develop tomorrow morning. that will last until friday. then low snow levels. >>> all right, back to you. >> okay, al. we'll find out what happened later. thank you. olympic gold medal winning skier lindsay vonn is determined to return tore next year's olympics after suffering devastating injuries in a scary crash. in austria vonn had to be air lifted to a hospital. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, for 12 long minutes lindsay vonn lay on the course surrounded by medics. you can see the course s
roll over your old 401(k) into a fidelity ira and take control of your personal economy. this is going to be helpful. call or come in today. fidelity investments. turn here. >> announcer: "today in the bay" weather is sponsored by bank of the west. >> 7:17. a spectacular sunrise. this is san jose. a beautiful start to the day. sun will set tonight around 5:39. highs in the 60s. 60 degrees in livermore. 61 is for gilroy. 60 in san jose. it will be warm, mild compared to...
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but thanks to revisions the economy added one third of a million more jobs in 2012 than previously estimated. a large part of those jobs coming in the final months of the year. this as the dow closed out its strongest january in 19 years as we eye 14,000 yet again. >> thank you. >>> and dozens of people are dead in mexico city after a massive explosion rocked a state-owned oil complex. rescuers are searching through the rubble as investigators search for the cause of that blast that killed at least 32 people and injured more than 100 others. >>> the los angeles archdiocese is apologizing announcing that move -- a move of thousands of pages of personnel files have been released, detailing years of alleged abuse by l.a. priests. former cardinal roger mahony has been stripped of his public duties for his role in covering up alleged child sex abuse by priests. >>> another school shooting is under investigation. this one in atlanta. a 14-year-old boy is recovering today after he was shot in the back of the neck. police say they have the suspected shooter, another student, in custody. >>> a massiv
but thanks to revisions the economy added one third of a million more jobs in 2012 than previously estimated. a large part of those jobs coming in the final months of the year. this as the dow closed out its strongest january in 19 years as we eye 14,000 yet again. >> thank you. >>> and dozens of people are dead in mexico city after a massive explosion rocked a state-owned oil complex. rescuers are searching through the rubble as investigators search for the cause of that blast...